the central part of a sari (sīre, a garment worn by Indian women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder) excluding the borders on all sides.

the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees in a sitting position; the lap.

the outer genital organ of a female animal.

a district without respect to boundaries or extent; a region.

(fig.) a place of shelter and protection.

the area or extent to which something has grown or covered by something.

a shrubby plant; a bush.

the fan-shaped leaf of a cocoanut tree.

a mat woven from the leaves of a cocoanut tree.

a small, slender branch of a tree or shrub.

the large, evergreen tree Streblus asper of Moraceae family having coarse-grained wood.

nearness; proximity.

the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause; menses.

to grow along the ground or a wall, as some plants; to creep.